Fairport Convention - The Plainsman

      
 
 From 'Rosie' 1973
 
 Another melancholic Trevor Lucas song
 
 Capo II
 
 Intro: C, F, G, F, C
    C                          F      
 I come from the moor and the mountain
           G    F          C   
 From the waterfall and streams
                          F         C  
 I turned me back on the mountain track
                    Am 
 I'm walking in a dream
      C         F   C 
 And every new horizon
                     Am 
 To me it seems the same
      C               F         
 And everywhere look old and bad
        G         F        C  
 While travelling on the plain
 
 C, F, G, F, C
 
 Thus no one rides this road with me
 A plainsman rides alone
 No welcome waits by a city gate
 No voice to call me home
 Alone I came into this place
 And that is how I will go
 And all I learn is the season's turn
 It's all I need to know
 
 Oh, the world is hung with silver tongues
 With good advice to give
 If you can't show me how to die
 Don't tell me how to live
 The plainsman's song, though it's seldom long
 It's more than meets the ear
 And all I believe is the falling leaves
 At the turning of the year